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City of Portland to Offer Seven Flu Vaccine
Clinics This Fall
PORTLAND, Maine -- The City of Portland, Health
and Human Services Department’s Public Health Division will be holding seven
seasonal flu vaccination clinics starting October 8, 2014. The full clinic
schedule is listed below and available online here. Seasonal flu vaccine will be
available for $15, or at no cost for individuals with a Medicare Part B card and
supplemental insurance (if applicable) The City also accepts private insurance.
Pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine will be covered by
Medicare or available for $87. Tetanus/Pertussis vaccine (TdAP) will be offered
for $50. The clinics are open to adults, eighteen and older.
The single best way to prevent seasonal flu is to
get vaccinated annually. This year the City will be supplying quadrivalent
vaccine at all the clinics. This vaccine protects against four strains of
influenza (one more strain than last year’s vaccine). Influenza is a serious
disease that can lead to hospitalization and sometimes death. Every flu season
is different, and influenza infection can affect people differently. Even
healthy people can get very sick from the flu and spread it to others.
Vaccinations reduce health care costs by limiting expensive therapies and
unnecessary hospitalizations and decrease the spread of disease in the home,
workplace, and community. Getting the flu shot is something you can do for your
health and for the health of others.
It should be noted that this year’s vaccination
for the seasonal flu is recommended for everyone 6 months and older. Groups at
especially high risk of either contracting seasonal influenza and/or developing
its complications include:
§ People People over age 50;
§ People with
chronic medical conditions such as diabetes, asthma, heart disease, or immune
system problems;
§ Pregnant women;
§ People in long-term care or
institutional settings;
§ Health care workers;
§ Caregivers and
household contacts of those at high risk; and
§ Young children aged 6 months
and up.
For specific information on the locations and
dates for Portland Public Health’s flu clinics, please contact the City of
Portland’s Flu Hotline at 207-874-8946 or visit the Immunization Program
website.
Seasonal Flu Clinic Schedule
Peaks Island
129 Island Ave.
Wednesday,
October 8
8:30 am– 2:00 pm
Cliff Island Community Center
Cliff
Island
Sunday,
October 19
8:30 am—11:30 am
V.A. Building
Long Island
Sunday,
October 19
1:00 pm-4:00 pm
Sagamore
Community Center
21 Popham St.
Monday,
October 20
4:00 pm– 7:00
pm
St. Pius X Parish Hall
492 Ocean Ave.
Friday,
October 24
11:00 am-5:00 pm
First Lutheran Church
132 Auburn St.
Saturday,
November 1
10:00 am—2:00 pm
City Hall-State of Maine Room
389
Congress St.
Wednesday,
November 12
11:00 am– 5:00 pm
